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J. T. SHERIDAN.

BUTTON. No. 371,378. Patented Oct. 11,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. SHERIDAN, OF NE\VARK, NEIV JERSEY.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,378, dated October11, 1887.

Application tiled Jnnel6,1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEST. SHERIDAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to tufted buttons, and has for its object toprovide novel means for rigidly securing the tuftpiece in positionwithin and against the usual shank-piece, and to such end the inventionconsists in the feavices hereinafter described and claimed, ref erencebeing made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents acentral section of a button embodying my invention. Figs. 2, 3, and 4are perspectives of various parts of a button. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveof the fastener. Fig. (5 is a central section of a button partiallycompleted.

Similarletters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter (1, Figs. 1, 4, and 6, represents the shellof a button.

I), Figs. 1, 3, and 6, is a metal disk having the tubular shank c.

d is the collet, provided with a central opening, through which theshank extends and is subsequently spread to secure the parts.

E is the tuftpiece, made of cloth or other suitable material, thecentral portion of which is forced through the shank to form a tuft, e,projecting outward beyond the shank 0. Heretofore this tuft-piece E washeld to the button by clamping its inner portion between the shell a andthe flange of the shank-piece b; but such means of securing thetuft-piece is not sufficient, as frequently the latter is drawn bodilyfrom the button when strain is brought to bear on the same.

To rigidly secure the tuft-piece I make use of afastener, F, Figs. 1, 5,and G, which conscrtm 1 495 (N model.)

and forced into place. The protuberancef 5o enters the shank c andwedges the material of the tuft 0 against the inner wall ofthe shank,and the flangef wedges the inner portion of the tuft-piece against thedisk I) ofthe shankpiece 0. The shell now being forced on the button,the parts are rigidly held in position, the said shell also assisting tosecure the tuft by wedging the same between itself and the flange of theshank-piece.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a button, ofthe shell a, the disk Z), madeseparate from the shell and having the tubular shank c, the tuft-pieceE, extending through the shank to form the tuft, and a tuft-fastener, F,between theshell and shank, and having a protuberance extending into theshank and binding the tuft-piece against the internal surface of saidshank, substantially as described.

2. A tufted button comprising a shell, a tubular shank, a tuft-pieceextending through the shank to form the tuft, and a. fastener scparatefrom the shell and located between the shell and shank-piece, composedof a hemispherical protuberauce extended into the shank'and tuft-pieceand binding the tuftpi'ece against the internal surface of said shank,sifUstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES T. SHERIDAN. [n s] \Vit nesses:

A. Fannn DU FAUR, J r., Gno. H. H'UonEs.

